Our Thought Process:
Values - What do we want?

• Take anxiety away from experimenting
• Help colleagues gain confidence, make lives easier
• Continuity of skills for kids
• Model + tool
• Take anxiety away from Ningbats - start small, measurable
• Should influence our practice as a group
• Professional development for faculty --> kids
• Document on Ning
• 3 divisions

Alternatives so far:

• Google Docs
• Electronic portfolio - assessments
• Advanced Team - Curriculum 21 summer reading
• Using maps
• Social networking --> how it affects writing
• Visual literacy --> what's our curriculum

We need:

• Question/problem
• Objectives/outcome
• Document

Possible Question: How can we use portfolios to improve student assessment?
How? Pilot portfolio assessment

Product? Example for JK-5-6-9-12

Data? Sample portfolio, student/teacher/parent comments

Where? PLP Wiki - Where will we share our samples?

Issue: Permission

Other thoughts related to portfolios/assessment:
Skills?

Differentiated Instruction?

How can teachers use portfolios?

Our ultimate question:
✻ How are we using portfolios to assess student learning?
-Opening a discussion of portfolios!

Trailer

Where are we now? 4/20/10

Digital Portfolios